Thursday, March 4, 2010

Just about halfway between our house and Oma and Opa's house, yet another magical find in our lovely little metropolis...The Elk Rock Gardens of Bishop's Close deeded to the Episcopal Diocese of Oregon in 1957 by Peter Kerr and open to the public seven days a week. Oma, Opa, mommy and Naiya Sophia strolled the riverfront grounds on a beautiful Tuesday afternoon.

Wednesday, March 3, 2010

We were singing Rock-a-by-baby to Naiya pretending she was a baby. Swaying with her in our laps.

Rock-a-by-baby on the treetopWhen the wind blows the cradle will rockWhen the bough breaks the cradle will fallDown will come baby cradle and all.

She doesn’t like this song. When it comes to the bit where the baby falls she starts screaming, “Don’t sing that song! Dooooooooooooon’t!” It's odd that in all the years of hearing and singing that song, I have to admit that I never noticed how tragic it is.

She also has an aversion to illustrations where the teeth of animals are prominent. “Stop reading that!” she’ll cry or “Don’t do that page!” Mostly dragons and alligators. Wolves are another.

With our household love of predators, we don’t know where she learned this. I've heard that children are innately afraid of only one thing - falling. It makes sense for survival though that we'd fear giants (relative to our own size) with sharp teeth as well. Doesn't it?

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